Washington DC mini album

I loved travelling last month to Washington DC so much that as soon as I returned I started to work on this album. This is an accomplishment for me because I rarely appear in pictures or scrap myself. I am one of those Moms who always take the pictures but never appear in them.

I wanted to make a mini album that I could put all of my maps and souvenirs in. If I could smoosh it in, I did.





























I cut up my lanyard to create a souvenir pocket. The plastic part works perfectly to hold all my maps and tickets. I left an open spot for a picture of my kids wearing their DC t-shirts that I brought back.



The only Cricut cartridges I used were Destinations, Going Places and Gypsy Wanderings for the page shapes. All of the paper is from the Great Vacation Stack by DCWV.

I love how it turned out!

Easter cards

These Easter cards are for the bunny/chick challenge at Fantabulous Cricut this week.



The chocolate bunnies are from Gypsy Wanderings. The grass is cut from Plantin Schoolbook. The egg shapes are from Smiley Cards. I hid the other cuts with my Gypsy and welded two eggs together to make a shape card. The words are cut from the Holiday Cakes cartridge. I embossed the inner egg shape and glued on the ribbon with glue dots.

I liked these so much that I made two more!

Hot chocolate slider

I have wanted to make one of these slider cards ever since I saw a tutorial on the Pink Stamper website. I bought a box of hot chocolate last year but when I opened it up the packets were way too narrow so ended up making something different.



I love how the hot chocolate slides out with a pull of the ribbon!



I am entering this at Fantabulous Cricut this week. Their challenge is to use the colour green and a circle. Done and done. My sentiment is computer generated and pop dotted. All the cuts are from Gypsy Wanderings but I hid the steam and heart from the mug.

Now I have 9 packets to do this to!

Pink Stamper and Gypsy challenge

The Pink Stamper has a challenge this week to make something cute and there is a Gypsy challenge this week to make something layered. I hope this card will fit the bill for both!




I welded this coffee pot with my Gypsy to turn it into a shape card. ( I know, I'm addicted to shape cards.) The stamps I bought without a package from a yard sale but they are all super cute "coffee and tea" sentiments.

World card-making day

I had to make at least one card! This card is to enter at Fantabulous Cricut. Their challenge this week is to sew or "faux-sew" on a project. Here is mine.




All of the cuts are from Gypsy Wanderings and my sewing is of the "faux-sew" variety. ( My favourite kind of sewing)

Wow! This is my 100th post. I'm slowly learning my way...

Now I'm off to deliver the card.

Cuttlebug challenge # 99

Here is my entry for the Cuttlebug Challenge blog Their challenge this week is to use the color pink and have a stamped sentiment. Both aspects are in honor of The Pink Stamper.



The lovely shoe paper is from the All About Girls stack by DCWV, the metallic paper is also by DCWV and the high heel is from Gypsy Wanderings. The stamp I bought at a scrapbooking yard sale on Friday night. On Friday, I went to an awesome yard sale of all crafty and paper items!

Another new challenge site - Sketches in Thyme

I found yet another challenge site yesterday and LOVED the sketch. They can be found here.The sketch is beautiful.

Here is my version. I turned the sketch sideways.

I am also entering this layout for Canadian Nickel Scrapn's summer vacation challenge. The prize for this challenge is the Summer Vacation Seasonal cartridge!!!!



The pictures I have for this layout are from a camping trip last summer. I tried to add all of my children's favorite things including the roasted marshmallows, the Jiffy Pop (Can you tell that's what that is?) and of course the friendly squirrel.

Most cuts are from Create a Critter. The font is from Life is a Beach. The marshmallow stick is from Gypsy Wanderings and the "Jiffy Pop" is a pan and a pie welded together from From my Kitchen.

Everything is inked in brown. This was a lot of inking for me!

Such a fun camping trip and such a fun layout!

Walking with Dinosaurs Show

Just in the nick of time, I have finished another layout for the Fantabulous Cricut Blog



Stop #1 on their blog hop this week was to include a die cut flower on your layout or create an accordion flower. I really tried to fold an accordion flower but they did not turn out. Yes, I tried multiple times and even took pictures of the crumpled bits of paper. With the midnight deadline approaching, I cut out flowers from Gypsy Wanderings.


Blog # 2 asked for journaling on a die cut to be included. I printed on my leaf.

Blog #3 requested embossing on your project which I did on the trunk of my palm tree. Okay, confession here, I used my scoring blade to emboss this. I actually love the result!

Stop #4 asked to include a negative image. This was an easy one because I knew I wanted to use the Mickey Font bones which use the negative image to write the words.


Blog # 5 asked to use a Gypsy to design part of your project. I welded the flowers using the Gypsy. This was my first time welding shapes. I am looking forward to using my Gypsy more!

Stop # 6 was to use your shadow button which I used for the bones. (Mickey Font is such a fun cartridge.)

Number 8 on the tour asked for the die cuts to be inked/doodled etc. My dinosaurs are all inked around the edges.

Blog number 10 suggested paper piecing which my dinosaurs are but remember Create a Critter has the easiest layers ever!

Finally the last element to be included was a food item. My food item is the coconut.

Teacher Appreciation Challenge

On my to-do list were thank you cards for my daughter's school division choir director/music teacher, pianist, music director and choir coordinator.



These cards are for the My Pink Stamper Teacher Appreciation challenge. This is her challenge #5 for National Scrapbooking Day.

These cards needed to be large enough for 37 children to sign. I loved making these cards because I used my Gypsy for the very first time for the music notes! I used my friend's Cuttlebug to emboss the music and then I sanded the Core'dinations paper.

I got these done in the nick of time as we need them for Tuesday. Thank you Pink Stamper for issuing this challenge and forcing me to get down to business (card-making business)...